Non-destructive testing by the eddy current method of half-shafts after induction hardening

Abstract

The non-destructive testing method with applying eddy currents carried out on drive half-shafts used in the car drive systems was described. The aim of the testing was to establish if the tested shafts were inductively hardened. At the Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Precision Mechanics, the control and measurement system was designed and built to detect efficiently the martensite structure and therefore to make possible quick control of any elements. The system has been implemented at the Neapco Europe, the manufacturer of drive-shafts for the automobile industry, in Praszka, Poland.